Chag HaBanot 8593 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 12353
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 12353 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.
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Dates for Chag HaBanot
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 8590 | 1 Tevet 12350 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8591 | 30 Kislev 12351 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8592 | 30 Kislev 12352 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8593 | 30 Kislev 12353 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8594 | 1 Tevet 12354 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8595 | 30 Kislev 12355 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8596 | 30 Kislev 12356 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 8597 | 30 Kislev 12357 |
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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